State v. Barnes

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal of a death penalty case. Defendant was convicted of burglary and felony murder. At the sentencing hearing the jury found three aggravating circumstances, T.C.A. section 39-2-208(0(2), (5) and (7).

I

The victim of this homicide was Molly Hawk, aged ninety-one. She was in good health and lived alone on Unaka Street in Johnson City, Tennessee. Her daughter, Mildred Keys, lived directly behind her mother and their homes were separated by a hedge and the small rear yard of each house.

Mildred Keys testified that she visited with her mother for about one…